In Fall 2024, Ontario announced upcoming amendments to the Construction Act, following a five-year review of the broad changes implemented during 2018 and 2019.  Perhaps the most significant upcoming change is the decision to impose mandatory expiry of liens and release of holdback on an annual basis: each year, all…

As of January 1, 2025, the 2024 Ontario Building Code will officially take effect. However, transition rules allow for the submission of new building permit applications under the existing 2012 Code until April 1, 2025, provided that applicants can demonstrate that their working drawings were substantially complete by December 31,…

The Ontario Construction Act (the “Ontario Act”) introduced construction adjudications in late 2019. Since then, there has been an increasing uptake of adjudications in Ottawa, and across Ontario.  Between 2022 and 2023, the number of construction adjudications commenced in Ontario more than doubled, with 269 adjudications being commenced in 2023,…